Buy tickets now! Tickets are now available at the Box Office and online for Private Eyes, Westminster Choir, An Evening with Benjamin Verdery (Classical Guitarist/Composer), Duo Violin Recital (Dr. Calvin Lee & Mark Jordan), Docs Play the Pops. Tickets for Keith Johnson/Dancers available only at the Box Office.
11/20 Modesto Area Partners in Science (MAPS) 7:30 p.m., Forum 110 ~ "Tornadoes in the San Joaquin Valley"~ MJC Earth Science instructor Mike Whittier explains how wind and terrain can create tornadoes right here in the San Joaquin Valley.
11/20 MJC's Phi Theta Kappa honor society presents a DVD lecture with journalist and former NPR’s Talk of the Nation host Ray Suarez speaking on “If You're So Rich, How Come You're Not Happier? America's Difficult Relationship with Class, Material Success and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Seminar is 5 – 7 p.m. in Forum 101, and a question-and-answer period will follow the DVD. Free!
11/21 MJC Graffiti Bowl, MJC vs. San Jose City College, 1 p.m., Stadium, East Campus
11/21 Men's Soccer NorCall Playoffs ~ MJC vs. Yuba College, 2 p.m., West Campus Soccer Field
11/23 2009 Student Art Exhibition on display through December 8, Art Gallery - The art exhibit will showcase student work from various MJC art and photography classes - Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A reception will be on November 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. - Free.
11/23 Jazz Band Concert, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, free. The evening's program, entitled "Just Jazz" will feature the MJC Jazz Ensemble.
11/24 Science Colloquium ~ Science that Matters ~ 2:20 - 3:10 p.m., Science 213, James Youngblom, Ph.D., CSU Stanislaus Biology Department presents "Recently Discovered Roles of RNA"
11/26 Modesto Turkey Trot,1/2 mile kids race (13 years and under) 9 a.m., 5 K run/walk 9:20 a.m., Awards 10:30 a.m., Tuolumne Regional park, Modesto ~ Contact Mary Shea 575-6219 or sheam@mjc.edu. Race day registration opens at 7:30 a.m. and closes at 9 a.m. - arrive early to avoid long lines at the registration area or better yet, pre-register, and save time and money. There will be post-race refreshments, raffle prizes and T-shirts.
11/26 - 11/28 Thanksgiving Holiday - Campus Closed
12/1 Transfer Strategies for Success Workshops, 11a.m. – noon and at 2 – 3 p.m., in the Transfer Center on East Campus, free.
12/1 Science Colloquium ~ Science that Matters ~ 2:20 - 3:10 p.m., Science 213, Elizabeth McInnes presents "Charles Darwin's Down House"
12/1 French Movie Night featuring the film Paris 36 (Faubourg 36) on at 6:30 p.m. in Forum 101, (in French with English subtitles). Free!
12/2 Intermediate and Advance Fall Voice Recital, 7:30 p.m., Recital Hall, free
12/3 Civic Engagement Project Film, 7 p.m., Forum 110, East Campus, free. Autisum: The Musical ~ This documentary begins with a sobering statistic: while in 1980 only one in 10,000 children was diagnosed with autism, today one in 150 is. The movie, however, documents the uplifting journey taken together by Elaine Hall, founder of the Miracle Project, her son Neal and the other autistic children and parents who participate in a musical theater program. Director Tricia Regan presents their story at home and on stage as they prepare and present a full-length musical. Interviews of parents reveal the emotional burden of contemplating their children's futures without them. The children themselves, however, provide the viewer of this film with feelings of wonder and awe.
12/3 Fall String Recital, 7:30 p.m., Music Recital Hall, free. The string students of Anne Martin, Director of Orchestra and Strings, will perform solo and ensemble works by Bach, Bartok, Beethoven, Haydn and Vivaldi. The program opens with the Elementary String Orchestra. The Intermediate Orchestra will perform Trepak by Tchaikovsky and Finlandia by Sibelius. Dr. Yan Yan Chan, pianist, will accompany the students in solo works for violin and viola. The MJC Strings will also perform several Celtic fiddle tunes.
12/4 - 12/13 Private Eyes, Dec. 4, 5, 11, 12 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 6 & 13 at 2 p.m., Little Theatre of the Performing and Media Arts Center, $10 general and $8 students and seniors. Private Eyes, by the hot new playwright Steven Dietz, is a comedy of suspicion in which nothing is ever quite what it seems. The audience itself plays the role of detective in this hilarious "relationship thriller" about love, lust and the power of deception. Some adult language. Buy tickets now!
12/4 Modesto Area Partners in Science (MAPS) 7:30 p.m., Forum 110 ~ "Nutrition and Your Carbon Footprint"~ Dr. Gail Feenstra explores the connection between climate change and nutrition. What you can do to reduce your carbon footprint and improve your health at the same time.
12/7 Symphonic Band Concert, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, free - with donations gratefully accepted. Contemporary Classics: A program highlighting the new literature for wind band as well as classics from the band repertoire.
12/7 Beginning Class Fall Voice Recital, 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, free
12/8 MJC Community Orchestra Concert: From Mozart to the Movies! 7:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, $3 general, $1 students & seniors ~ The MJC Community Orchestra, directed by Anne Martin, will present a variety of music by composers from Austria, Italy, Russia, and the United States. The featured soloists are MJC students Hali Pekron, Violin and Veronica Rogers, Viola, performing Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante. The program will conclude with a performance of the concert suite from The Dark Knight.
12/9 MJC Community Concert Band Concert, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, free - with donations gratefully accepted. American and European Band Masters: a concert featuring works for band by composers around Europe, the United States and the world.
12/10 Finals Cram Night sponsored by ASMJC and the MJC East Campus Library , 8 p.m. - midnight. Professors, food and beverages will be available to help students with that last minute studying.
12/10, 11, 12 Basketball, Modesto Tournament, gym, East Campus
12/10 Holiday Festival of Choirs, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, $5 general/$4 students & seniors. This Holiday of Festival of Choirs will feature the MJC Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, Masterworks Chorus and Turlock High School Choir.
12/14 Wintertime Tales: An Evening of Storytelling, 6:30 p.m., Little Theatre of the Performing and Media Arts Center, free ~ Bring the whole family to this magical storytelling event. Featured tellers are from MJC's Storytelling and Reader's Theatre Classes.
12/15 Basketball, Men's ~ MJC vs. West Hills College, 6 p.m., gym, East Campus
12/17 Masterworks Chorus Winter Concert, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center ~ Soloists and orchestra will present a Winter Concert featuring the great English oratorio, Messiah, by George Frederick Handel. Co-conductors are Ginger Covert Colla and Richard J. Colla ~ $5 general/$4 students & seniors.
12/17 An Evening of Improvisation, 7:30 p.m., Little Theatre of the Performing and Media Arts Center, $5 with sliding scale donations. (All proceeds of the evening will go to a local animal rescue.) The program features comedy sports from the MJC Improvisation class. Everything is off the cuff and unrehearsed-scenes, skits and games from audience suggestions.
12/18 Fall Semester Classes End
12/24 - 1/3 Campus Closed for Winter Break
1/8 Basketball, Women's ~ MJC vs. Santa Rosa Junior College, 6 p.m., gym, East Campus
1/8 Basketball, Men's ~ MJC vs. Santa Rosa College, 8 p.m., gym, East Campus
1/11 Spring Semester Classes Begin
1/12 Basketball, Women's ~ MJC vs. Diablo Valley College, 6 p.m., gym, East Campus
1/12 Basketball, Men's ~ MJC vs. Diablo Valley College, 8 p.m., gym, East Campus
1/13 MJC Friends of Music presents the Westminster Choir in Concert, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, $12 General/$10 Students ~ Westminster Choir College in Princeton, N.J., has been combining scholarship and professional training in music for over 60 years, and during that time the mixed, 40 voice Westminster Choir has set the standard for choral excellence. Forming the core of the 200 voice Westminster Symphonic Choir, the Choir has performed with every internationally known conductor in the last 50 years. Tickets are available at the MJC Auditorium Box Office Tuesday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m. or by calling 575-6776 during those hours. Tickets are also offered online at mjc.tix.com.
1/18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - Campus Closed
1/19 Basketball, Men's ~ MJC vs. Sacramento City College, 6 p.m., gym
1/19 Basketball, Women's ~ MJC vs. Sacramento College, 8 p.m., gym
1/22 16TH Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration, 7 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, featuring keynote speaker Willie Brown! Doors open at 6 p.m. Free ~ This annual event celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. This year, the speaker is the former Assembly Speaker and San Francisco Mayor. Historian Kevin Starr writes, "Willie Brown has long proven to be one of the most charismatic, engaging, and effective politicians of his generation."
1/28 Speech Night, with performances at 4 p.m. & at 7 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, $7 general / $5 students and seniors. An enjoyable evening of platform speeches, interpretation of literature and debate performed by the award-winning MJC Speech and Debate team
1/29, 1/30 County Honor Band, Choir & Orchestra, Choral performance: January 29 at 7 p.m. ~ Orchestra performance: January 30 at 2 p.m. ~ Band performance: January 30 at 2 p.m and 7 p.m. Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, free ~ 2010 Stanislaus County Junior high and High School Music Festival. Joint performances with junior high to high school students.
1/29 Basketball, Women's ~ MJC vs. Cosumnes River College, 6 p.m., gym
1/29 Basketball, Men's ~ MJC vs. Cosumnes River College, 8 p.m., gym
2/9 Basketball, Women's ~ MJC vs. American River College, 6 p.m., gym
2/9 Basketball, Men's ~ MJC vs. American River College, 8 p.m., gym
2/12 - 2/15 Presidents' Days Holidays - Campus Closed
2/16 Basketball, Men's ~ MJC vs. Sierra College, 6 p.m., gym
2/16 Basketball, Women's ~ MJC vs. Sierra College, 8 p.m., gym
2/18, 19, 20 at 7:30 p.m. & 2/21 at 2 p.m. MJC Off-Balance in Repertory Performance,Main Auditorium of the performing and Media Arts Center, $10 general, $8 students/seniors ~ An evening of thought provoking poetry, image, and gesture through Modern and Contemporary dance styles, performed by the MJC Dance Company, Off-Balance.
2/19 Basketball, Women's ~ MJC vs. San Joaquin Delta College, 6 p.m., gym
2/19 Basketball, Men's ~ MJC vs. San Joaquin Delta College, 8 p.m., gym
2/25 Music Association of CCC Northern Honor Band, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, Free ~ A concert featuring the MACCC honor band. The membership is made up of community college students from colleges all over Northern California nominated as being outstanding players by their directors. The concert will open with a performance by the MJC bands.
March Musical Theatre Production, Dates TBA, Recital Hall
3/19 - 3/28 Noises Off, March 19, 20 25, 26, 27 at 7:30 p.m. and March 21 & 28 at 2 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, $10 general / $8 students & seniors. This hilarious farce by Michael Frayn is set in a play within a play. Comedy ensues as the off-stage chaos affects the on-stage performances.
3/20 26th Annual Hispanic Education Conference, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Media & Performing Arts Center, East Campus
3/31 Spring Electronic Music Concert, 7:30 p.m., Music Recital Hall, free ~ Features MJC student composers performing original electronic music compositions in concert.
3/31 An Evening with Benjamin Verdery, Classical Guitarist/Composer, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, $12 general / $10 students and seniors. Classical Guitar magazine has called Benjamin Verdery "one of the classical guitar world's most foremost personalities." Verdery is an American original. The New York Times calls him "iconoclastic and inventive." His recording of Some Towns and Cities won the 1992 Guitar Player Magazine Best Classical Recording. For more information on Mr. Verdery visit: http://www.benjaminverdery.com/ Tickets are available at the MJC Auditorium Box Office Tuesday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m. or by calling 575-6776 during those hours. Tickets are also offered online at mjc.tix.com.
4/5 Jazz Concert, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, free. Studies in Blues: a program featuring the MJC Jazz Ensemble.
4/9 33rd Annual Celebration of the Humanities, 6 p.m. Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, free. The winners of this student competition will be announced for categories in writing, art, speech and the performing arts. The awards ceremony is free, open to the public and is followed by a reception. The Celebration of the Humanities Art Exhibition will be held April 7-16 in the MJC Art Gallery and admission is free.
4/10 An Evening with Kay Ryan, Poet Laureate of the United States, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, ticket prices TBA ~ In 2008, Kay Ryan was appointed the sixteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. Her poems and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Yale Review, Paris Review, among other journals and anthologies. She was named to the "It List" by Entertainment Weekly and one of her poems has been permanently installed at New York's Central Park Zoo. Her work has been selected four times for the Best American Poetry and was included in the Best of the Best American Poetry 1988-1997. About her work, J.D. McClatchy has said, "Her poems are compact, exhilarating, strange affairs, like Erik Satie miniatures or Joseph Cornell boxes. She is an anomaly in today's literary culture: as intense and elliptical as Dickinson, as buoyant and rueful as Frost."
4/11 Duo Violin Recital featuring Dr. Calvin Lee and Mark Jordan, 2 p.m., Music Recital Hall ~ Dr. Calvin Lee is a local physician and a YouTube symphony winner. Tickets are available at the MJC Auditorium Box Office Tuesday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m. or by calling 575-6776 during those hours. Tickets are also offered online at mjc.tix.com.
4/12 MJC Symphonic Band Concert, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, free - with donations gratefully accepted. A Journey Through Time: a program highlighting wind band classics as well as contemporary literature from the band repertoire.
4/12 Intermediate and Advance Fall Voice Recital, 7:30 p.m., Music Recital Hall, free
4/13 MJC Community Orchestra Concert: From the Baroque to the Ball Game, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, $3 general, $1 students & seniors ~ Featuring Ernie Bucio & Joe Caddell, Trumpets ~ The MJC Community Orchestra celebrates the baroque era and baseball with a concert of two trumpets by Antonio Vivaldi and Take Me Out to the Ball Game by Von Titzer. Conductor Anne Martin will also lead the orchestra in works by great German, Italian, Russian and American composers. The concert will conclude with film music from Star Wars with special appearances by the 501st Legion.
4/14 Earth Day Celebration, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on the East Campus Quad, free. The MJC Civic Engagement's Project Green Committee has planned an Earth Day celebration to heighten environmental awareness and educate students, staff, and the greater community on green and sustainable practices. The event will be informative and interactive, including displays, information tables and demonstrations and is open to the public.
4/14 Community Concert Band, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, free - with donations gratefully accepted. Romantic Rendezvous: a program featuring favorite composers from the Romantic Era and many others.
4/16 33rd Annual New Music Concert, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, free. The concert features student composers and winners from the 33rd Annual Celebration of the Humanities contest. Local composers and faculty composers are also featured.
4/17 Celebrate MJC Athletics Wine and Gourmet Food Tasting, 6:30 - 9 p.m., MJC Gymnasium, $35. Local wineries and restaurants will offer samplings and a silent auction will be available. Sponsored by the MJC Foundation, this fundraiser benefits the 21 sports teams in the MJC Athletics Program. Tickets are available in advance and at the door.
4/17 Shirley Woodward Festival of Young Pianists, 3 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, free. The festival features students from local piano teachers from the Music Teachers Association of California Stanislaus County branch. Students have the opportunity to play pieces on the nine foot Steinway Concert Grand piano on stage.
4/18 12th Annual Native American Powwow, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the Quad, East Campus, free. (Rain location is the Mary Stuart Rogers Student Center on West Campus.) The intertribal Powwow features Native American singing, dancing and drumming. Arts, crafts, jewelry and food will be for sale.
4/19 Beginning Class Fall Voice Recital, 7:30 p.m., Music Recital Hall, free
4/23 A Choral and Vocal Extravaganza, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center,$5 general / $4 students & seniors. This concert features MJC's Concert Choir, Chamber Singers and also includes soloists from our vocal music majors.
4/29 Masterworks Chorus Concert, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center ~ $5 general/$4 students & seniors.
4/30 Graduation Luncheon, 12 noon, Mary Stuart Rogers Student Learning Center, West Campus, advance tickets $10
4/30 MJC Commencement Ceremony, 6 p.m., Stadium, East Campus, free
5/10 First Day of Summer Classes
5/14 - 5/23 New Play Fest 2010, May 14, 15, 21, 22 at 7:30 p.m. and May 16 & 23 at 2 p.m., Little Theatre of the Performing and Media Arts Center, $10 general / $8 students and seniors. New Play Fest 2010 is a production of world premiers written by students in the MJC Drama Department's playwriting class. Produced by Michael Lynch with direction by theatre students, these short one-act plays showcase a variety of themes and genres. Plays contain some adult language and situations.
5/23 Docs Play the Pops, 2 p.m., Main Auditorium, $12 General, $10 Student/Seniors ~ Local health care professionals (doctors, nurses, techs and so on) perform both classical and contemporary music to thrill the audience and raise scholarship funds for the music student at MJC ~ Presented by Friends of Music. Tickets are available at the MJC Auditorium Box Office Tuesday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m. or by calling 575-6776 during those hours. Tickets are also offered online at mjc.tix.com.
5/31 Memorial Day Holiday - Campus Closed
6/17, 6/18, 6/19 Hip Hop Dance Concert, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center, $10 general / $8 students & seniors. Hip Hop Dance Extravaganza, dancers from MJC and the community join in an evening of Hip Hop Dance at its best!
7/5 Independence Day Observance - Campus Closed
7/16 Summer Sonata ~ please mark your calendar ~ 6 pm Hors d'oeuvres, 7pm dinner and program ~ Location: Gallo Center for the Arts ~ MJC Foundation 575-6080
8/14 Summer Semester Classes End
